Several years ago I preached a sermon at one of my former pastorates. After the sermon, the pastor opened the floor for testimonies. A young lady began to testify. She told about how she had worked on her car and couldn’t repair it. Finally, after reaching a point...

Today, the thesis or subject of this Pastoral Nugget is: The difference between hot water and boiling water. Science teaches us that at sea level to 1000 feet above sea level, the exact temperature at which water boils is 212 degrees Fahrenheit. At 212 degrees...

I made the statement in a sermon I preached recently that most everybody is facing a situation in life that is causing them to struggle to find a way forward. Sometimes the only way to discover the way forward is by examining the past. When we examine our past, we...

Not long ago I took a book off the shelf in my office that I had read several years earlier. It is entitled, “The Last Lecture.” It was written by Randy Pausch. Randy was a terminally ill professor who was literally given the opportunity to give one final lecture to...

His name is Ryan. He is twenty-five years old. He was the skydive instructor and tandem parachutist who instructed and jumped with my wife Marianne, this Memorial Day Weekend, when she jumped out of a perfectly good airplane at 14, 650 feet. Yes. You read that...

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16: 33(KJV) I heard the story of a nurse that hurt herself while lifting one of her patients. As she...